"OUR COMICAL LADDER" W/BUSTER BROWN, TIGE, HAPPY HOOLIGAN, KATZENJAMMERS.
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Winning Bid:
$150.00
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Bidding Ended:
Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #182 - Part II
Item numbers 1500-3431 in auction 182
Value Code:
H - $200 to $400 Help Icon
Item Description
3-5/8" wide by 31.5" tall by 3/8" thick wood w/colorful chromolith images of comic characters climbing ladder. 41 off-set nails are attached on either side of printed ladder. To be used as tumbling toy although tumbler is missing. Unauthorized but w/near-exact likeness of Happy Hooligan and cop, Buster and Tige, Alphonse & Gaston, sailor? and Katzenjammer Kids. Areas of paper loss at top above Happy Hooligan's eyes and hands, scattered paper loss along left side, primarily confined to left of ladder image. Scattered areas where paper is detached from wood as is often the case when printed paper is applied to wood. Wood will shrink as it ages. c. 1910. Lt. surface dust. Fine.
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